Market is under heavy pressure so don't expect some big changes in value right now. Whereas it is good chance to scoop up with more cheaper tokens after seeing the beta release of node on mainnet is going to push the market upwards, with the first recovery sign. This can happen anytime and will remain due to show us appreciation.

Should we wait for another announcement which will explain how can we test the beta version ? It is fully understandable that another update will be released with detailed instructions to follow to be able to access properly. It is big day anyway even with this news. My opinion is same market should respond positively to take Stratis out of this current phase with this release. Some other markets showed good come back with release of less important updates than this one here we are talking about.

"The Best Cryptos of the Week: BTC, SNOV, MTH, STRAT, NAS, TRX and SCThis week cryptocurrencies worth shifting immediate focus to all have very exciting upcoming events. The market correction the prior twelve days allows for these coins to be attained at a huge discount from their values just one week prior. This week’s coins likely to see significant returns based on upcoming events include; BTC (Bitcoin), SNOV (Snovio), MTH (Monetha), STRAT (Stratis), NAS (Nebulas), TRX (Tron) and SC (Siacoin).

The market correction that has been taking place since December seemed to be in the rearview as BTC tested the $12,000 mark after falling to under $6,000 February 6, 2018. However, it seems the correction and downward pressure is still occurring forcing the price of bitcoin and the overall crypto market cap lower.

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Well with mainnet release and core developers are aggressively active this past months I can't visualize the failure to launch a decent ICO on Stratis platform. GluOn will be rest assured they will be in good hands on Stratis.

I'd like to add a very important point that many seem to not be aware of, the C# Fullnode's modular approach make it compatible with both the bitcoin and stratis networks (adding other bitcoin forked networks is seemles), it's a platform to build blockchains.